Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) ; the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium-calcium subgroup
Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) ; the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium-calcium subgroup
Mineralogical Magazine (August 2019) 83 (4): 587-593
- alkali metals
- alkaline earth metals
- amphibole group
- calcium
- cations
- chain silicates
- clinoamphibole
- crystal structure
- electron probe data
- formula
- FTIR spectra
- infrared spectra
- lattice parameters
- metals
- new minerals
- optical properties
- potassic composition
- potassium
- richterite
- silicates
- sodium
- space groups
- spectra
- Sweetwater County Wyoming
- United States
- Wyoming
- X-ray diffraction data
- oxo amphiboles
- jeanlouisite
- Leucite Hill
Potassic-jeanlouisite, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) , is the first characterised species of oxo amphibole related to the sodium-calcium group, and derives from potassic richterite via the coupled exchange (super C) M (sub g-1) (super W) OH (super -) (sub -2) (super C) Ti (sub 1) (super 4+) (super W) O (sub 2) (super 2-) . The mineral and the mineral name were approved by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, IMA2018-050. Potassic-jeanlouisite was found in a specimen of leucite which is found in the lava layers, collected in the active gravel quarry on Zirkle Mesa, Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA. It occurs as pale yellow to colourless acicular crystals in small vugs. The empirical formula derived from electron microprobe analysis and single-crystal structure refinement is: (super A) (K (sub 0.84) Na (sub 0.16) ) (sub Sigma 1.00) (super B) (Ca (sub 0.93) Na (sub 1.02) Mg (sub 0.04) Mn (super 2+) (sub 0.01) ) (sub Sigma 2.00) (super C) (Mg (sub 3.85) Fe (super 2+) (sub 0.16) Ni (sub 0.01) Fe (super 3+) (sub 0.33) V (super 3+) (sub 0.01) Ti (sub 0.65) ) (sub Sigma 5.01) (super T) (Si (sub 7.76) Al (sub 0.09) Ti (sub 0.15) ) (sub Sigma 8.00) O (sub 22) (super W) [O (sub 1.53) F (sub 0.47) ]Sigma (sub 2.00) . The holotype crystal is biaxial (-), with alpha =1.674(2), beta =1.688(2), gamma =1.698(2), 2V (sub eas.) =79(1) degrees and 2V (sub calc.) =79.8 degrees . The unit-cell parameters are a=9.9372(10), b=18.010(2), c=5.2808(5) Aa, beta =104.955(2) degrees , V=913.1(2) Aa (super 3) , Z=2 and space group C2/m. The strongest eight reflections in the powder X-ray pattern [d values (in Aa)(I)(hkl)] are: 2.703(100)(151); 3.380(87)(131); 2.541(80)(202); 3.151(70) (310); 3.284(68)(240); 8.472(59)(110); 2.587(52)(061); 2.945(50) (221,151).